Dankuni (West Bengal), Dec 26 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off a bouquet of express trains from major Kolkata stations to Amritsar, Bangalore, Bikaner and Delhi Dec 30, an official said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:40:02 -0500

Jaipur/New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) In a major security breach, a sweeper employed by Air India at Medina airport in Saudi Arabia sneaked onto its Medina-Jaipur flight Saturday and was found hiding in the toilet after the plane had taken off.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:40:01 -0500

Lonavala (Maharashtra), Dec 26 (IANS) Actor Vindu Dara Singh won the third season of popular TV reality show 'Bigg Boss' and walked away with prize money of Rs.1 crore. The finale of the show took place here late Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:20:06 -0500

Amritsar, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan Saturday handed over 100 Indian fishermen, including nine children, to Indian authorities at the Attari-Wagah joint border checkpost, officials said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:30:02 -0500

Dankuni (West Bengal), Dec 26 (IANS) The railways have taken up a project to distribute eco-friendly compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to its 650,000 employees to bring down carbon emissions, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:10:03 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Six people died of swine flu at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Saturday, taking the toll in the union territory to 48, health officials said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:10:02 -0500

Dankuni (West Bengal), Dec 26 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday laid the foundation stones of two factories for manufacturing electric and diesel engine components in this West Bengal town.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:10:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) The India A men's team inched closer to the title, beating Iran convincingly 3.5-0.5 in the fifth round of the Asian Team Chess Championship here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:10:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government is in talks with Tata Motors for getting back the land leased to the automobile major for its Nano small car project in Hooghly district's Singur, officials said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:30:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A relieved Congress Saturday welcomed the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari in the wake of an alleged sex romp with three women in the Hyderabad Raj Bhavan that was caught on video.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:20:01 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 26 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren Saturday staked claim to form the government in Jharkhand with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU). The Janata Dal-United also said it would support him.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:10:01 -0500

Srinagar, Dec.26 : Jammu and Kashmir had to use teargas and batons charge on Saturday (December 26) to disperse a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Srinagar in Kashmir valley.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.26 : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged to provide funds for infrastructural development in Maoist affected areas.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.26 : Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed hope to wrap up the series with another win in the fifth one-day international match against Sri Lanka on Sunday, as the spinners will be in action at the national capital's Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and Karnataka are on the verge of making the Ranji Trophy semi-finals after the end of the third day's play in the quarterfinals Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a car here, police said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 : The Communist Party of India (Marxist), politburo meeting began here on Saturday to take stock of the political situation in the country over the past three months.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:10:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Qualifier Ashutosh Singh of Delhi and wild card Ankita Raina of Gujarat carved out contrasting victories to clinch the men's and women's national titles respectively at the Vishwarupa Tubes National Grasscourt Tennis Championship here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It was a sorry end to an illustrious political career. Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who quit as governor of Andhra Pradesh Saturday after being caught on video in an alleged sex romp with three women in the Hyderabad Raj Bhavan, has been one of the longest serving Congress leaders in the country.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:04 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu Saturday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the sex scandal allegedly involving outgoing Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:03 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) Listed amongst Uttar Pradesh's 'most wanted' outlaws and an alleged ISI agent, Pervez Tanda was gunned down in Nepal, a senior official said here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives in India Sunday for the annual bilateral summit that will have trade and defence as the main items on the table. However, a civil nuclear agreement is still not likely to be reached this time.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It has been 20 years since Sri Lankan heavyweight Sanath Jayasuriya began his international cricket career and skipper Kumar Sangakkara lauded his achievements Saturday, saying he had a massive influence on the game.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Sex scandals are not new to Indian politics. Veteran Congress politician Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who resigned Saturday as the Andhra Pradesh governor after a sex tape purportedly showed him with three women, is a new entry in a list of such sleaze that has littered the political landscape.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Delhi middle-order held the fort on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals against Tamil Nadu at the Palam ground here Saturday to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:05 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Newly-appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Saturday expressed confidence that the saffron alliance will sweep to power at the centre and in Maharashtra in the next elections.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) As the rock band Indian Ocean's members are dealing with the sudden loss of their singer and percussionist Asheem Chakravarty who died here Friday, the band's bass guitarist Rahul Ram recollects how he used to be the live-wire of the band.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:04 -0500

Shimla, Dec 26 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police have deployed quick reaction teams across the state to tackle terror attacks, a senior official said here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:00:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara has asked the senior players in the side to step up their performance for a face-saving win in the fifth and final one-day international against India at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:40:05 -0500

Gandhinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) Vice-President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the 17th National Children's Science Congress (NCSC), one of the country's premier academic events, in Ahmedabad Sunday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:40:04 -0500

Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) A suspected swine flu patient died in a hospital in Jammu Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:40:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A minor fire broke out at terminal 1B of Delhi's domestic airport Saturday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident, a fire brigade official said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:04 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists Saturday started a relay hunger strike at four places in Darjeeling district in West Bengal in an apparent attempt to keep up the pressure for creation of a separate Gorkhaland state.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:03 -0500

Raipur, Dec 26 (IANS) The shutdown in Raipur called by the Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce in protest against the broad daylight killing of a trader in the city passed off peacefully Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:03 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Braving temperatures of minus 50 degrees Celsius and howling chilly winds, Pune girl Krushnaa Patil successfully scaled Mt. Vinson Massif, the highest peak of Antarctica Tuesday, her family said here Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:10:01 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) ABN Telugu news channel, which exposed the sex scandal allegedly involving Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari, has termed his resignation as a 'victory of the moral values'.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:00:04 -0500

Lhasa, Dec 26 (IANS) With bilateral trade topping $304 million in the first 10 months of this year, the visiting Nepali prime minister will push for stronger economic cooperation with China when he meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:00:03 -0500

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) The home ministry Saturday slapped show cause notices on former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, asking why he should not be stripped of his police medal and his pension be reduced for abusing power.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Irritated with the everyday struggle with the capital's unending traffic jams and unexpected processions? A newly launched website - www.thetrafficpeople.net - is worth checking out before you take to the roads.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

Shimla, Dec 26 (IANS) The cold wave eased its grip on Himachal Pradesh Saturday, with no fresh snowfall or rain, the Met office here said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It was a sorry end to an illustrious political career. Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who resigned as Andhra Pradesh governor Saturday after being caught on videotape in an alleged sex romp with three women in the Raj Bhavan, has been one of the longest serving Congress leaders of the country.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500

Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) Paramilitary troopers have apprehended eight heavily armed tribal guerrillas including a young woman in Tripura, officials said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:40:01 -0500

Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) on the international border (IB) with Pakistan Saturday morning.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:00:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari may resign later in the day over allegations of his involvement in a 'sex scandal'.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:50:04 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma has a new job. He along with the team of the upcoming film 'Rann' are editing a 10-page daily newspaper called Rann Times as a way of promoting the film.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:50:03 -0500

Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS) Outlawed outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)'s chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah were Saturday sent to prison by a local court after 22 days in police custody.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500

Bankura (West Bengal) Dec 26 : A Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader was shot dead by suspected Maoists at Barikul in Bankura District of West Bengal on Saturday.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:06 -0500

Samba, Dec.26 : Five troopers of Border Security Force (BSF) were injured in a landmine blast in the Mangu Chak sector of Samba in Jammu and Kashmir state.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Cutting short vacations, filling in niggling details on heaps of admission forms, or sitting at the computer for hours - the capital's nursery admission process has left the parents of toddlers a worried lot.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:03 -0500

Film: 'Shishira'; Director: Manju Swaraj; Cast: Yashas, Meghana, Prema and Santhosh Kumar; Music: Ajneesh Lokanath; Rating: ***1/2.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:02 -0500

Lhasa, Dec 26 (IANS) Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal arrived here Saturday as part of a six-day visit to China to boost bilateral cooperation.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:05 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 : A Chinese woman has been given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping her neighbour's 9-month-old son in May.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:13 -0500

Panaji, Dec 26 (IANS) The taxi driver who attempted to rape two Russian women in Goa on Christmas night had also hit one of the women with a baseball bat to prevent their escape, according to their written complaint to the police.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:30:02 -0500

Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 26 (IANS) Even as preparations are underway here for a large religious festival starting next month, eco-activists led by former director general of police K.P.S. Gill and working under the Save Yamuna to Save Vrindavan campaign have demanded rethinking on building a new bridge at the heritage Keshi Ghat.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:10:01 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Representatives of Citizen Forum on Human Rights (CFHR), an NGO, along with volunteers from various sections of society, Saturday formed a human chain in Sector 17, the commercial hub of this city, to raise their voice against 'injustice' in the Ruchika Girhotra case.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:10:01 -0500

Patna, Dec 26 (IANS) Repeated strikes by Bihar doctors in the last four years have claimed the lives of 511 patients, but the state government has no plans to cancel the licences of agitating doctors despite a recommendation by the state human rights commission (SHRC).
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:00:02 -0500

Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 26 (IANS) Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra, should be stripped of all honours and the state government should compensate the victim's family, Ruchika's friend Aradhana's father Anand Prakash said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:00:02 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (IANS) Four Maoist guerrillas were arrested in Orissa's Rayagada district during a combing operation, police said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:00:02 -0500

Kanjirappally (Kerala), Dec 26 (IANS) K.J. Alphons, who was known as the 'demolition man' responsible for razing thousands of illegal constructions in New Delhi, is now being seen as a 'master builder' in Kerala. He has fulfilled a long-standing demand for a mini civil station in his constituency, a building that has come up in just 427 days.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:50:02 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) A Punjab legislator's brother-in-law, originally from Afghanistan but living here after allegedly procuring a passport with a fake identity and a wrong address, has been arrested, an official said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:30:01 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) Six live bombs were recovered from a residential area in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district Saturday. Police have ruled out the involvement of any terror outfit in the incident.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:30:01 -0500

Patna, Dec 26 (IANS) People in this Bihar capital will miss beacon lights and sirens of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's cars for next five days as he has shifted to Rajgir, a famous tourist destination, to work in peace and away from the crowded and polluted urban pocket.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:02 -0500

Panaji, Dec 26 (IANS) The Goa police have arrested a taxi driver, accused of attempted rape by two Russian women on Christmas night, but has charged him with molestation instead.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 : Shera, the mascot of the Commonwealth Games-2010, was the centre of attraction at a public event to hail Christmas at the St. Mary's Orthodox Church here last evening.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:08 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) 2009 was a year of upheavals, controversies, rising and falling stars and fortunes, disasters and drama for Maharashtra.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:40:03 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Women's groups staged protests near the Raj Bhavan here Saturday demanding that Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resign over his alleged involvement in a 'sex scandal', an allegation he has denied and termed 'malicious'.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) After five years of robust growth till the middle of 2008, the $14 billion Indian realty industry faced a major crisis this year, not just because of a sharp fall in demand but due also to high cost of credit in executing ongoing projects.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:30:03 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 26 (IANS) Young women assaulted for going to a pub, an incident that triggered nationwide outrage, financial clout used to bring the first BJP government in the state to the brink of collapse - these instances blackened Karnataka's fair image in 2009.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 : A Chinese woman wants to divorce her husband because she doesn't like 'the way he brushes his teeth'.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:20 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Rallies, hunger strikes and demonstrations continued for the fourth consecutive day Saturday in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region, where the demand for a separate state keeps gaining momentum.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Saturday met Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and demanded harsher punishment for former top cop S.P.S. Rathore who was convicted in the 1990 molestation case of teenager Ruchika Girhotra.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:50:01 -0500

Gulmarg , Dec 26 : Tourists are thronging the snow covered picturesque and pristine Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir to take part in the annual snow festival. he snow festival, involving a number of events like snow cycling, ice hockey and snow rugby, began on Friday.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:22 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 26 : Mumbai is facing an acute water crisis as people are forced to use sewage water for their day-to-day chores.
ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:20 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) If you find your child suddenly behaving in a disoriented manner, losing focus, for a few minutes and then feeling tired after that, don't brush it off lightly. It could be a mild epileptic attack, also known as absence seizures.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:02 -0500

Agra, Dec 26 (IANS) After Harit Pradesh, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand, the demand for the creation of yet another state in north India has gained momentum. This time it is Braj Pradesh, comprising Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh and two districts in Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh and Agra.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:40:03 -0500

Chilika (Orissa), Dec 26 (IANS) The poachers are back at the world-famous Chilika Lake, India's largest brackish water lagoon, experts and officials say.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:40:03 -0500

Patna, Dec 26 (IANS) About a dozen armed robbers shot dead a passenger, seriously injured another and looted others on the Howrah-Amritsar Punjab Mail in Bihar's Jamui district early Saturday, police said.
IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It was a chilly start to Saturday at the national capital with the minimum temperature dropping to 5.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest so far this winter.
IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) When the kathak maestro Uma Sharma, writer-diplomat Pavan K Varma, heritage activist Firoz Bakht Ahmed, poet Gulzar Dehlvi, bureaucrat Abid Hussain and the couplets of Ghalib go together, the churning produces Yadgar-e-Ghalib - a two-day commemoration of Mirza Ghalib Dec 26-27 on the occasion of the inimitable poet's 212th birth anniversary.
IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:20:02 -0500

The installation of the virtually unknown Nitin Gadkari as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has further eroded the tattered contention of the Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that it does not interfere in the affairs of its political wing.
IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) December seems to be a lucky month for Bollywood star Aamir Khan. The actor's '3 Idiots', which released Friday, has got rave reviews and is going strong at the box office. It repeats the success of his previous hits - 'Taare Zameen Par' and 'Ghajini' that were released during the same time in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:00:02 -0500

Bangalore, Dec. 26: If riding a bus to office sounds unattractive for the upwardly mobile, how about catching one from a swanky mall that doubles as a bus station?...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:48 -0500

Dec. 26: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren today staked claim to form the state government, handing the governor a list of 42 MLAs that included members of the BJP, All Jharkhand Students Union...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:48 -0500

New Delhi, Dec. 26: A game to coin names for tainted members of the military top brass in India often ends in prefixing or suffixing their rank with the commodities they are said to have illegally tra...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:47 -0500

Dec. 26: The Indian National Lok Dal is correct when it says its leader Om Prakash Chautala never promoted molester cop S.P.S. Rathore to director-general of police.
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:47 -0500

Guwahati, Dec. 26: The wives and children of three senior Ulfa leaders returned home today after chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and deputy commander-in-chief Raju Barua were sent to jail following 21 days...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:45 -0500

New Delhi, Dec. 26: CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury today confirmed that the party?s top decision-making body had discussed the party?s rectification drive but refused to elaborate.
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:45 -0500

New Delhi, Dec. 26: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has given a communal twist to the demand for small states, claiming that Muslims see a higher possibility of domination if some of these are created...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:44 -0500

Panaji, Dec. 26 (PTI): Two Russian girls who escaped an alleged rape attempt by a taxi driver on Anjuna beach have said they knocked on doors seeking help from local residents as the accused chased th...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:44 -0500

New Delhi, Dec. 26: The human resource development ministry has relaxed the age limit in its effort to select a new head for India?s apex school policy agency, ostensibly because it cannot find q...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:44 -0500

Cuttack, Dec. 26: The controversy over Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) violations by several banks while selling forex derivative products to companies, importers and exporters in 2007-08 has t...
The Telegraph Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:41 -0500

CHENNAI: The Forum for Judicial Accountability on Saturday said the probe by Survey of India officials into the alleged encroachment on government land by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinak...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:04 -0500

Bangalore: Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Saturday called upon Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda to take the lead at the national-level struggle for the ri...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:03 -0500

CHANDIGARH: Family of the teenage tennis player, who committed suicide in 1993 due to molestation and harassment, has decided to claim monetary compensation not only from former Haryana Director Gener...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:03 -0500

Chapra (Bihar): Mohammad Ekramul (22), a progeria patient, who recently shot to limelight after superstar Amitabh Bachchan essayed a progeria-suffering ‘Auro’ in...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:03 -0500

— Photo: Manob Chowdhury JMM supremo Shibu Soren along with BJP leaders (from right) Yashwant Sinha, Arjun Munda, Raghubar Das and All-Jharkhand Students’ Union president Sudesh Mahto...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:02 -0500

NEW DELHI: As Andhra Pradesh Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari quit his post following a TV expose, the Congress on Saturday said Mr. Tiwari took the “appropriate decision” and acted on “...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:02 -0500

HYDERABAD: Unity eludes the three-day-old Joint Action Committee (JAC), formed to take the separate Telangana movement forward, with the main political parties pulling in different directions. While ...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:02 -0500

Chapra (Bihar): Mohammad Ekramul (22), a progeria patient, who recently shot to limelight after superstar Amitabh Bachchan essayed a progeria-suffering ‘Auro’ in...
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:02 -0500

— Photo: AFP Army personnel shifting the body of a construction worker from the site of the collapsed bridge in Kota district on Saturday.
The Hindu Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:57:02 -0500